Vase
Jozseph Rippl-Rónaï (Hungarian, 1861-1927; Made by Zsolnay-Pécs ; Hungary, founded 1862)
1898/1900
- Medium
- Lead-glazed earthenware with iridescent glazes
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Dimensions
- 27.7 × 11.8 cm (10 7/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Hungary
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Buchbinder and Quinn E. Delaney
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The iridescent colors of this vase were made using the eosin glazing process, a technique perfected in 1893 at Zsolnay, the preeminent Hungarian ceramics manufactory at the turn of the 20th century. The decoration of the vase—including stylized depictions of golden trees and pendant clusters of pink and ruby flowers—is attributed to József Rippl-Rónai who also designed other decorative arts.
Rippl-Rónai spent 15 years in Paris, where he was part of a collective of young painters known as the Nabis (Prophets), a group that included Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, and Maurice Denis.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
